“ For life be, after all, only a waitin' for somethin' else than what we're doin', and death be all that we can rightly depend on. ”
Bram Stoker, Dracula (1897). copy citation
| Author | Bram Stoker |
|---|---|
| Source | Dracula |
| Topic | death life waiting |
| Date | 1897 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/345/345-h/345-h.htm |
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“Some day soon the Angel of Death will sound his trumpet for me. But don't ye dooal an' greet, my deary!» —for he saw that I was crying—«if he should come this very night I'd not refuse to answer his call. For life be, after all, only a waitin' for somethin' else than what we're doin'; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. But I'm content, for it's comin' to me, my deary, and comin' quick. It may be comin' while we be lookin' and wonderin'. Maybe it's in that wind out over the sea that's bringin' with it loss and wreck, and sore distress, and sad hearts.”
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